Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook
Scope and Content
Fifty-page scrapbook compiled by Valentine, who served in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, and authored Story of Co. F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers in the War for the Union 1861-1865 (W.H. Clarke & Co., Boston, 1896). Scrapbook composed of a series of newspaper clippings from the Salem [Massachusetts] News, written in 1911-12 by Valentine, giving details of his regiment's war activities. Includes photographs, many taken in New Berne, North Carolina, by Valentine in 1908, during dedication of a monument to members of his regiment. Also includes 39 ink wash scenes sketched during the war years by Valentine.
Dates
- Creation: 1862-1864, 1908, 1911-1912
Creator
- Valentine, Herbert E. (Person)
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Alternate Form Available
Images (jpgs) of the sketches are available on Virginia Tech's Imagebase.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu